Deuteronomy 31:11

World English Bible (2000)

when all Israel is come to appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּב֣וֹא כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֵרָאוֹת֙ אֶת־פְּנֵי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בַּמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִבְחָ֑ר תִּקְרָ֞א אֶת־הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֛את נֶ֥גֶד כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּאָזְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

In-bə-bôʾ all-Yiśrāʾēl to-lērāʾôt ʾet-face YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā in-the-māqôm which yibḥār, tiqrāʾ ʾet-the-tôrāh the-zōʾt before all-Yiśrāʾēl in-their-ears.

Grammar Details

• *bə-bôʾ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - 'in the coming of'
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'
• *lērāʾôt*: preposition + niphal infinitive construct - 'to be seen/to appear'
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkā*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your God'
• *māqôm*: noun masculine singular - 'place'
• *yibḥār*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'he will choose'
• *tiqrāʾ*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - 'you will read'
• *tôrāh*: noun feminine singular - 'law/instruction'
• *zōʾt*: demonstrative adjective feminine singular - 'this'

Word Meanings

• *bə-bôʾ*: in the coming of/when comes/at the arrival of
• *lērāʾôt*: to be seen/to appear/to present oneself
• *māqôm*: place/location/site
• *yibḥār*: will choose/will select/will pick
• *tiqrāʾ*: you will read/you will proclaim/you will call out
• *tôrāh*: law/instruction/teaching

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 23:2 : 2 The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
• Josh 8:34-35 : 34 Afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua didn't read before all the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who were among them.
• Deut 12:5 : 5 But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;
• Deut 16:16-17 : 16 Three times in a year shall all your males appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents; and they shall not appear before Yahweh empty: 17 every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you.
• Exod 23:16-17 : 16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field. 17 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh.
• Exod 34:24 : 24 For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither shall any man desire your land when you go up to appear before Yahweh, your God, three times in the year.
• Neh 8:1-8 : 1 All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel. 2 Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month. 3 He read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were [attentive] to the book of the law. 4 Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, [and] Meshullam. 5 Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: 6 and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, "Amen, Amen," with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people [stood] in their place. 8 They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
• Neh 8:13 : 13 On the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' [houses] of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.
• Neh 9:3 : 3 They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and [another] fourth part they confessed, and worshiped Yahweh their God.
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.
• Luke 4:16-17 : 16 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,
• Acts 13:15 : 15 After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak."
• Acts 15:21 : 21 For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
• Neh 8:18 : 18 Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.